Hidden or Revealed? Two New Guides for the Perplexed

cancer, Christianity, Christians, clockmaker, codes, death, DNA, faith, Faith & Science, God the Science the Evidence, Granville Sewell, Guide for the Perplexed, Intelligent Design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Justin Brierley, Kathryn Jean Lopez, Maimonides, Michel-Yves Bolloré, Middle Ages, National Review, Olivier Bonnassies, podcasters, proofs, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholicism, Science and Culture Today, Scott Adams, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, The God Proofs, The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God, theologians, theology, Thomas Aquinas, universe, Warfare Thesis, young people
As many already know, the beloved podcaster Scott Adams, beset by cancer, is wavering on death’s portal. Source
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 7, “Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’”

Antony Flew, Barbara Forrest, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Cicero, creationism, creator, David DeWolf, Edwards v. Aguillard, Eugenie Scott, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, F. C. S. Schiller, Faith & Science, Fred Hoyle, intelligent agent, intelligent causes, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John E. Jones, John Haught, John West, Jonathan Witt, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Polanyi, molecular machines, New York Times, Of Pandas and People, Pennsylvania, philosophy, religion, Richard Dawkins, scientific method, Scott Minnich, Supreme Court, Ten Myths About Dover, textbooks, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Thomas Aquinas, William Dembski, William Paley, __featured2
Is intelligent design actually religious? Is it a form of Christianity? We can immediately see that it is not. Source
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How Understanding Points Beyond Physicalism

algorithms, Aristotle, Artificial Intelligence, brain processes, Brown University, cognitive science, computational mechanics, computationalism, computer science, computers, Epistemology, humans, Intellect, James F. Ross, John McCarthy, John Searle, Life Sciences, mind, modus tollens, Neuroscience & Mind, Pat Flynn, philosophy, Roderick Chisholm, Selmer Bringsjord, Thomas Aquinas, triangularity
A computer science professor shows, using logic, how you must be more than mere matter. Source
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Sternberg and Egnor Reveal the Immaterial Realm

Andrew McDiarmid, biologists, Brian Miller, Carl Jung, coincidence, Denyse O'Leary, development, Faith & Science, Greek philosophy, ID The Future, immaterial genome, Intelligent Design, mathematical biology, Michael Levin, neuroscience, Plato's Revenge, Platonic forms, publishers, Raphael, scientific reasoning, synchronicity, Synchronicity (book), Thomas Aquinas, Timaeus
This kind of thinking is also on the horizon coming from biologists like Michael Levin unconnected to the ID community. Source
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Teleology: Anticipation and Necessity

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Imagine a primordial grizzly bear on the northern edge of the forest adjacent to the Arctic. His soma senses the differences of the new environment. Source
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Back to the Future with Larry Sanger — And Chris Rufo, Richard Sternberg, and Michael Egnor

Antonio Gramsci, Bible, Christianity, Christopher Rufo, Communists, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, DNA, Evolution, How the Regime Rules, Intelligent Design, Larry Sanger, Marxists, Michael Egnor, Michael Levin, Plato, Plato's Revenge, political science, Richard Sternberg, scripture, Stephen Meyer, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, Timaeus, Wall Street Journal, Wikipedia, William Dembski
There is something thrilling about looking back at a neglected text or person from the past and finding that — wow! — it or he speaks to issues of my own day. Source
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The Real Issue and the Christian Philosopher

2. Does God Exist?, Apologetics, Christianity, Diego Fallas, Gospel, metaphysics, philosophy, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, william lane craig
Human beings are rational animals, according to Aristotle. As animals, human beings are sensible beings who have sensations and movements (in contrast to plants, which are living beings without true sensation and self-initiated movement). But human beings are not just any kind of animal. We have a special quality that separates us from animals, plants and the rest of the material world, which is that we have a rational soul. Furthermore, leaving Aristotle aside (as we shall see later), this doesn’t mean that human beings are the summit of all that exists. God, who is infinite and intellect in its fullest form can alone claim his proper place at the top of the summit (although, technically speaking, He is the foundation) of all that exists. Still, since human beings are…
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Clinical Psychologist Supports Human Exceptionalism

A New Unified Theory of Psychology, animals, Aristotle, behavior, Culture & Ethics, Dogs, emotions, evolutionary biologists, Feelings, Gregg Henriques, human exceptionalism, humans, Marc Bekoff, Michael Egnor, moral choice, Neuroscience & Mind, prejudice, psychology, Psychology Today, Racism, reason, secular humanists, sensations, sexism, speciesism, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, Wesley J. Smith
Gregg Henriques, a secular humanist, has developed an approach that accepts human exceptionalism without denying that animals have mental abilities. Source
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What Does Your Brain Do? And What Can It Not Do?

Aristotle, augustine, blood, brains, carbon dioxide, Denyse O'Leary, emotions, free will, heart, Intellect, kidneys, mathematics, Medicine, memories, Montreal Neurological Institute, muscles, Mystery of the Mind, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, oxygen, pain, philosophy, Plato, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, urine, Wilder Penfield
A surprising result of pioneering neurosurgery was the discovery that some mental processes could be stimulated in the brain but others could not be. Source
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